As a series of brutal murders darkens the Wrightsburg, Virginia countryside, the killer taunts police by leaving watches on the victims set to the hour corresponding with their position on his hit list. He also strives to replicate notorious murders of the past, but improving on them...

Molvania: A Land Untouched By Modern Dentistry (Jetlag Travel Guide)

Cilauro, Gleisner & Sitch

The three authors have created a brilliant parody of those travel books that always have a slightly optimistic edge to the copy despite the country they are writing about possibly being a bit of a third-rate dump.

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

From primordial nothingness to this very moment, this book reports what happened and how humans figured it out. Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources with the aim of helping people like him who reject stale school textbooks and dry explanations.

The River

Gary Paulsen

Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again so the military can learn the survival techniques. But it all goes wrong again!